Hmm, people still mix by volume. That's a thing.

For about $25, you can buy a AWS LB-501.

You'll never have to buy another syringe or pipette (though still a good idea to have some on hand). Keep in mind syringes don't last forever. How much have you spent already?

You'll never have to clean up after mixing unless you manage to miss the hole while dripping flavors into the bottle.

Your mixes will be more consistent and accurate, unless you rush like an idiot, like me.

You'll be able to create juices in about a quarter of the time. Measuring by weight is extremely fast.

You should save yourself the trouble and buy a 500-pack of pipettes

To clean them use a scale instead.

Semi kidding, but rinse with distilled water a couple times, and marry syringes to flavors that are strong.

Ultrasonic is an awesome thing. Only problem with syringes, since they are mostly plastic and rubber, the rubber bits will absorb some flavors for good, no way around it unless you wanna get into 100s of dollars worth of metal/glass syringes (each).

Or use one of those digital syringe things I forget the name. Those are awesome

I rinse all syringes with very hot water. I then rinse them very well with distilled water. Eventually I'll buy that damn scale.

Your own juice or friends? Just clean the damn things with hot water. No reason to do more than you're already doing if that's all it's for.

People are silly.

If you are mixing for yourself, 2 glasses work.

Fill one with water

another is empty

fill the syringe a few tiles with water and squirt it out

done.

i mean, you could get all fancy, but if you are mixing for yourself, this is good enough, it is when you start mixing for $ that you really should worry about all that extra hygiene etc, but for yourself, 2 glasses and some water is fine, if you are super crazy you can add a third glass with some rubbing alcohol and add that into the mix, but water works just fine

edit: this is to be done while mixing, so you can just use one syringe for the flavors

when I use them, which has not been often since I got a scale, I would rinse the outside in tap water, pull distilled water into the syringe twice, then pull in slightly diluted rubbing alcohol and leave sit for a few minutes. Plunge that out and remove needles give the needle and the syringe a flick and air dry. The rubbing alcohol seems to help remove the flavor molecules or so I believe.

Vodka/alcohol will remove the numbers on the outside of the syringe. Some people put tape on the out side of the syringe to keep the numbers from fading but soaking in alcohol with tape will still remove the ink. Wash them like you would dishes you eat from. Warm soapy water. Even the smallest tubes of the syringe will fit on the top rack of the dishwasher pegs to stand them upright for drying. You can even just run hot water in your hand and draw up the water to get most of the e liquid off so it won't fade into the next bottle you mixing into. For personal use starting out this is acceptable. If your mixing for other people don't reuse plastic syringes.

I'll clean syringes by letting them sit in Vodka but have used iso alcohol when its too late to buy booze in my state. As for syringes.. I buy in bulk and just throw them out after each use(except for my nicotine syringes) before I started buying pipette's which are way cheaper.

I have a small glass of distilled boiling water on the table while I'm mixing.

Right after dispensing a flavor I'll hold the syringe into the glass and pump it a few times.

Far as I know, boiling hot water will sanitize them well enough and it instantly kills whatever flavor residue is in there. I use this set of three syringes (1ml, 2ml, 5ml) for almost a year now (only use them to dispense very small percentages, I mix by weight) and they're still squeaky clean, no smell at all.

I had less than 10 syringes but I Laird out a paper towel (2 stacked, actually) next to the sink. Ran some hot water.

Disassembled everything and ran water through/ on it. Made sure it flowed freely through syringes (vg clogged them up a little) and give a solid puff of air through the needle to push out water. Everything else got a pat dry with another paper towel.

You are overdoing it.

I fill a syringe with distilled water, and flush it into a rinse cup. Repeat twice more with water and once with vodka. Remove plunger and let dry.

If you use super-strong flavors like menthol or cinnamon you should have a dedicated syringe for that.

When NOT mixing by weight, I utilize .5ml, 1ml, 3ml plastic syringes purchased in bulk. After use, I throw them into a large cup filled with water. When enough accumulate in this 32oz cup, I remove the plungers and move them, and any other bottles/caps/droppers,small lab ware, etc., into a sealed container filled with hot water and dish soap. ...shake, soak, repeat. Once clean*, I rinse in cold water and let it all dry. I make a lot sample recipes in 15ml boston round bottles which often need cleaning, so doing the syringes at the same time doesn't bother me.

I use this container as my mini-dishwasher;

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AN4CW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

*bottle caps/dropper assemblies can take longer to soak in soapy water to properly clean. I have an ultrasonic cleaner, but do not use it for plastic.

I may be totally wrong, and I've only been doing this for a month - so take this as you will.

But I always have a beaker of hot water when I work. Before using any syringe, I cycle the syringe fully with the hot water like a dozen times. Then, I cycle the syringe with air a couple times to get the rest of the water out. I use the syringe, dump & refill the water a couple times, fill it back up with hot water, and I do the cycling process again a couple times. Sure, it takes a minute or two, but from what I can tell it does a good job at getting any flavoring out of the syringe and needle.

Weight mixer here too. But I do use glass pipettes to transfer flavors, as I store them in glass bottles with alu. lids.

I just make sure the flavor only contacts the glass, then I just rinse with hot water. Unless it has any oils, as many citrus flavors do, then I use isopropyl alcohol.

Iso. alcohol is cheap, easy to get and safe. It will evaporate completely after just a short period of time. If you are using intended single use syringes, the markings might come off though with Isopropyl.

But I generally wouldn't recommend any plastics for re-use for flavorings, unless it's PET. All other types seem to hold on to flavorings, no matter how much or with what you wash them with.

Take them to your local needle exchange.

I mix by weight :/

I don't. I mix by weight.

Of course all the mix by weight master race douchebags must be here like vegans to tell you how wrong you are.